Construction of Somerville’s ArtFarm Could Begin Next Spring
Disclosure: I’ve worked with the Somerville Arts Council to present festivals in the city. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *…Continue Reading →
Maira Kalman: ‘If You Don’t Digress And Go Off The Point, I Think You Miss The Point’
“There’s absolutely nothing you can’t talk to children about. They want to know the truth,” author and illustrator Maira Kalman says during a tour of her new exhibition “The Pursuit…Continue Reading →
The Secret Art Of The Godfather Of Boston Punk, Willie Alexander
“It’s here. It’s life. It’s everything. Bam!” Willie “Loco” Alexander tells me as we tour a retrospective of his paintings and collages at the Manship Artist Residency + Studios in…Continue Reading →
Shepard Fairey Returns To Providence: ‘It’s Pretty Punk Rock To Try To Unite’
Shepard Fairey—one of the most famous street artists in the world, known for his “Obey” Andre the Giant graphics to his Obama “Hope” posters—has been in Providence this week to…Continue Reading →
How Tape Art Made Murals For Rural Towns Without Big, Centrally-Located Walls
Note: I’ve been commissioned by the Essex County Community Foundation to help document/promote cultural projects from its Creative County Initiative, which is supported by Boston’s Barr Foundation. At the end…Continue Reading →
Photographer Frank Stewart’s Life In Jazz
“You didn’t get a whole lot of history lessons about African-American culture in school,” Frank Stewart told The New York Times in 2017. “My work is culturally motivated. I wanted…Continue Reading →
What We Saw At MICE (Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo)
MICE, the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, was founded in 2010 to focus on the artists—with creators selling their own works and presenting talks and workshops. Below are some delightful people…Continue Reading →
Dazzling Chinese Lanterns At Montreal’s Jardin Botanique
One of the highlights of Montreal each fall is the “Gardens of Light,” which illuminates the Chinese Garden at the Jardin Botanique de Montréal with dazzling lanterns this year from…Continue Reading →
The Incandescent Chicha Posters That Revolutionarized Peruvian Design
In Peru in the 1980s, a new music exploded in popularity on the radio: Chicha. The word can refer drinks made from purple corn or fermented fruit and grains, but…Continue Reading →
Yu-Wen Wu Wins $15K Prize For Boston Women Artists
Yu-Wen Wu, a Taiwan-born, Boston-based artist, has been named the winner of the inaugural $15,000 Prilla Smith Brackett Award, administered by the Davis Museum Wellesley College. The biennial prize aims…Continue Reading →